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r/IdiotswithgunsNSFW

That's a gun, idiot.. Idiots, but also with guns. Founded 2017 · 402.1K members

402.5K members. The best post we have captured here reached 30.1K upvotes, which works out to 75 per 1,000 members.

75peak upvotes per 1,000 members
402.5Kmembers
30.1Kbest post
3.6Kmost comments
402posts we track

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What actually lands here

The mix of post types among everything we have captured. Posting a link where almost nothing but images lands is wasted effort, and this is the fastest way to see it.

87% 9%
Video 87% Image 9% Text 1% Link 1% Gallery 1%

The topics it labels

Flairs are the community's own categories, and the closest thing a subreddit has to telling you what it wants.

Safe for Work 241 NSFW 37 WARNING NSFW - Bodily Injury 17 WARNING NSFL - Death 12 WARNING - Death or Bodily Injury 7 WARNING - Bodily Injury 4 WARNING NSFW- Death 3 WARNING NSFW - Blood 2 WARNING NSFW- Blood 1 NSFW - Nudity 1

What the ceiling looks like

The biggest posts we have captured here. Links go to the original on Reddit.

Houston mom attempts to shoot 6 month old boxer puppy, accidentally shoots 5 year old son instead (no visible gore, just sounds)

↑ 30.1K 💬 2.6K video 2022

9-year-old girl accidentally kills shooting instructor with Uzi (the video cuts right before he gets killed, so don't worry, no blood is seen)

↑ 25.9K 💬 3.6K video 2022

whoops, it's loaded, idiot.

↑ 25.1K 💬 1.3K video 2023

This is ridiculous

↑ 21.2K 💬 1.1K image 2021

Fucking idiot cop...

↑ 19.4K 💬 759 video 2021

Oof, that one’s gotta sting a lil…

↑ 17.8K 💬 193 image 2022

Hollywood and guns.

↑ 17.4K 💬 571 video 2021

Don't think this has been added here yet

↑ 17K 💬 451 video 2021

NSFL Girl accidentally shoots friend in the head on Facebook live

↑ 16.8K 💬 1.9K video 2022

Old man pistol whipping charged with aggravated battery and aggravated assault with a firearm

↑ 16.6K 💬 1.8K video 2022

Communities its size

Within four times the member count either way, so the comparison is fair. Sorted by upside.

r/Idiotswithguns, in numbers

Answered from the posts ViralHunt holds from this community, not from Reddit's own about page.

What is r/Idiotswithguns?
r/Idiotswithguns ("That's a gun, idiot.") describes itself this way: Idiots, but also with guns. It was founded in 2017 and has 402.1K members.
How many members does r/Idiotswithguns have?
r/Idiotswithguns has about 402.5K members. ViralHunt has tracked 402 of its posts; the biggest reached 30.1K upvotes, which is 75 per 1,000 members.
What is the most viral post on r/Idiotswithguns?
"Houston mom attempts to shoot 6 month old boxer puppy, accidentally shoots 5 year old son instead (no visible gore, just sounds)" reached 30.1K upvotes and 2.6K comments in 2022, the highest score among the posts we hold from r/Idiotswithguns.
What subreddits are similar to r/Idiotswithguns?
Communities of a comparable size we track: r/Trumpvirus, r/alaska, r/Louisiana, r/popculture, r/Antimoneymemes, r/BlueskySkeets.
What kind of posts do best on r/Idiotswithguns?
Of the posts we hold, 87% are video posts and 9% are image posts.
When is the best time to post on r/Idiotswithguns?
Across 402 timestamped posts we hold, the slots whose posts averaged the highest score are Wednesday at 20:00 UTC (12.4K avg upvotes), Sunday at 17:00 UTC (11.4K avg upvotes), Thursday at 18:00 UTC (11K avg upvotes). The busiest day is Monday. For Reddit as a whole, see the best time to post on Reddit page.
How many upvotes does a post need to reach the top of r/Idiotswithguns?
The 20th-best post we hold from r/Idiotswithguns has 13.5K upvotes, so that is roughly the bar for the top twenty. We captured 7 posts from it in the last 30 days.

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